as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
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Recent Examples of cap
CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
Engaged is an experienced and successful small-cap investor and makes investments with a two-to-five-year investment horizon.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2026
Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Honeywell shares jumped on Thursday after the industrial conglomerate capped off 2025 with a strong fourth quarter and moved up its aerospace spinoff.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
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Noun
He will be tasked with helping Sullivan rebuild Miami's roster, which will include working through salary cap constraints — Miami entered the offseason about $23 million over the cap — and figuring out which pieces to build around.
—CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
Engaged is an experienced and successful small-cap investor and makes investments with a two-to-five-year investment horizon.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
They must be capped and the equipment removed before the sale is complete, Clark said.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Honeywell shares jumped on Thursday after the industrial conglomerate capped off 2025 with a strong fourth quarter and moved up its aerospace spinoff.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
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Verb
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That restriction has limited what microscopic devices can do.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Expanding Your Definition of Value Fixating solely on salary limits your negotiating power.—
Kwame Christian Esq,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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State officials who are defendants in the lawsuit denied restricting the detainees' access to their attorneys and said any protocols were in place for security reasons and to make sure there was sufficient staffing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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From the 1960s through the late 1980s, the Motion Picture Law severely restricted what South Korean filmmakers could produce, while simultaneously limiting the import of foreign films.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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